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$931.27 +17.94 (+1.96%)
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GHC vs. ABCB, CTBI, FFBC, FMBH, FRME, OBK, ONB, PPBI, TOWN, and BY

Should you be buying Graham stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Graham include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Mid Bancshares (FMBH), First Merchants (FRME), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Towne Bank (TOWN), and Byline Bancorp (BY).

Graham vs. Its Competitors

Graham (NYSE:GHC) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Graham's net margin of 12.99%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Graham's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Graham12.99% 6.80% 3.78%
Ameris Bancorp 21.46%9.57%1.32%

Graham has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

93.2% of Graham shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.4% of Graham shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Graham and Graham both had 4 articles in the media. Graham's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 0.72 indicating that Graham is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Graham
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ameris Bancorp
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ameris Bancorp has a consensus target price of $71.43, suggesting a potential upside of 6.09%. Given Ameris Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ameris Bancorp is more favorable than Graham.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Graham
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Graham has higher revenue and earnings than Ameris Bancorp. Graham is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameris Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Graham$4.79B0.85$724.63M$142.636.53
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.13$358.68M$5.4012.47

Graham pays an annual dividend of $7.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Graham pays out 5.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Graham has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

Summary

Graham and Ameris Bancorp tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GHC vs. The Competition

MetricGrahamSCHOOLS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.98B$1.62B$8.27B$20.52B
Dividend Yield0.79%5.51%3.19%3.78%
P/E Ratio6.5313.0920.9127.79
Price / Sales0.851.983.3340.41
Price / Cash7.6214.6116.6222.26
Price / Book0.942.874.634.58
Net Income$724.63M$76.25M$212.37M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-2.08%-0.59%36.35%0.41%
1 Month Performance-1.59%5.48%44.64%3.59%
1 Year Performance35.16%27.05%19.78%14.47%

Graham Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GHC
Graham
4.1787 of 5 stars
$931.27
+2.0%
N/A+33.7%$3.98B$4.79B6.5321,446Positive News
High Trading Volume
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
2.614 of 5 stars
$64.77
-0.2%
$71.43
+10.3%
+38.5%$4.46B$1.12B12.432,850
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
3.5665 of 5 stars
$52.92
-0.3%
$57.00
+7.7%
+32.5%$961.51M$376.01M11.05980Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.5038 of 5 stars
$24.26
-0.4%
$28.75
+18.5%
+18.3%$2.33B$1.62B10.072,090
FMBH
First Mid Bancshares
2.4931 of 5 stars
$37.49
-1.9%
$43.83
+16.9%
+22.4%$916.86M$453.67M11.161,198High Trading Volume
FRME
First Merchants
4.778 of 5 stars
$38.30
-0.9%
$46.40
+21.1%
+25.5%$2.25B$1.07B10.762,120Positive News
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.2079 of 5 stars
$35.77
+0.0%
$42.20
+18.0%
+21.5%$1.11B$358.20M14.541,010
ONB
Old National Bancorp
4.9102 of 5 stars
$21.34
-0.1%
$25.90
+21.4%
+37.4%$6.83B$2.96B12.414,066Analyst Forecast
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.7139 of 5 stars
$21.09
+0.1%
$27.25
+29.2%
+4.5%$2.04B$905.41M13.881,325
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.8947 of 5 stars
$34.18
-0.5%
$40.00
+17.0%
+33.8%$2.58B$1.03B14.482,720
BY
Byline Bancorp
4.1467 of 5 stars
$26.76
-0.1%
$33.25
+24.3%
+21.5%$1.24B$624.78M9.911,027

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This page (NYSE:GHC) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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